Francis Marshall (British Army officer)
Major-General Francis James Marshall CB CMG DSO (20 August 1876 – 22 May 1942) was a British Army officer.
Francis Marshall | |
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 Marshall in 1918 | |
| Birth name | Francis James Marshall |
| Born | 20 August 1876 |
| Died | 22 May 1942 (aged 65) |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-general |
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards | |
Military career
Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley, England, 1906. Francis Marshall, then a captain, is in the third row, third on the left.
Marshall was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders on 28 September 1895.[1]
He became commander of 150th (York and Durham) Brigade in June 1918 and General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in September 1918 on the Western Front during the First World War.[2] He went on to be Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1920, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade in October 1923 and General Officer Commanding 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division in September 1930 before retiring in September 1934.[2]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1918 New Year Honours.[3]
References
- "No. 26666". The London Gazette. 27 September 1895. p. 5356.
- "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1918. p. 11.
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